Re: RE: Re: Let's hide the bicyclists behind parked cars. What could go wrong?

On 1/10/2025 3:52 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri Jan 10 15:40:04 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 1/10/2025 2:20 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

On Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:01:19 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:
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"Protected" bike lane hazard lawsuit:
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https://komonews.com/news/local/cyclist-green-lake-neighborhood-king-

county-superior-court-aviv-litov-26-years-old-bike-lanes-life-altering-
injuries-strittmatter-firm-configuration-tesla
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But Frank, didn't you just ask me what I did when a 10 foot wide truck
tried to pass me on a 12 foot road? Apparently your answer is to take the
lane and hope that the truck isn't going too fast to slow in time.

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I asked what you do when an 8.5 foot truck comes up from behind you in a
10 foot lane.
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My answer is to take the lane. I've done it thousands of times. It works.
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What's your answer? Do you get off the road?

    My answer is to use a rear view mirror and keep track of what is behind me and try to take whatever action is necessary to stay out of the way of speeding traffic.

Again, I originally specified a road with no shoulder. That's upthread.
So "whatever action is necessary" seems like stopping the bike and getting off the road to let your superior (the truck driver) pass. No? If not, then what does it mean?
In other words, why not answer the question?

Your claim to take the lane anywhere and everywhere is bullshit. Either you ride only on quiet back streets or you're lying.

I've never said I take the lane "everywhere." I've said many, many times that if there's enough space to safely share the lane, I do that.
I'm not riding anywhere now, with lots of now and temperatures below 25 Fahrenheit. But in milder weather, yes, I prefer to ride quiet streets. But when necessary or desirable, I ride the four lane with ~30,000 cars per day that's a quarter mile from my house. I ride city center downtown streets. I ride country roads, including state highways. Out west, I've ridden hundreds of miles on freeways where that was legal.
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- Frank Krygowski